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... youngest of five children , ( and that by an inter- val of many years , ) and also rather delicate in constitu- tion , he naturally became the favourite of the family ; a position which , by his tractable temper and lively MEMOIR . iii.
... youngest of five children , ( and that by an inter- val of many years , ) and also rather delicate in constitu- tion , he naturally became the favourite of the family ; a position which , by his tractable temper and lively MEMOIR . iii.
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... tion of his excellent and talented brother . Seldom , in- deed , does it happen , that even two brothers can be found so closely resembling each other in all the most attractive qualities of heart and mind . The same elasti- city of ...
... tion of his excellent and talented brother . Seldom , in- deed , does it happen , that even two brothers can be found so closely resembling each other in all the most attractive qualities of heart and mind . The same elasti- city of ...
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... tion , and impressive earnestness , which distinguished them both as preachers , and which never failed to fix the attention of their hearers . Indeed , good judges , who heard both in their best days , have assured the writer , that in ...
... tion , and impressive earnestness , which distinguished them both as preachers , and which never failed to fix the attention of their hearers . Indeed , good judges , who heard both in their best days , have assured the writer , that in ...
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... tion . Classics and the cognate branches , history , oratory and poetry , were certainly more suited to his tastes and genius , than the abstract sciences . But the latter were more or rather almost exclusively necessary to obtain a ...
... tion . Classics and the cognate branches , history , oratory and poetry , were certainly more suited to his tastes and genius , than the abstract sciences . But the latter were more or rather almost exclusively necessary to obtain a ...
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... tion and exertions of his friends . But as soon as his resources were thus recruited , he left his adviser , forgot his kindness and his counsel , and relapsed into his for- mer courses . At length his friends made a great and final ...
... tion and exertions of his friends . But as soon as his resources were thus recruited , he left his adviser , forgot his kindness and his counsel , and relapsed into his for- mer courses . At length his friends made a great and final ...
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Page clvii - PREDESTINATION to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.
Page 156 - I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself : but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
Page 16 - And he charged them that they should tell no man : but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it ,• and were beyond measure astonished, saying ; He hath done all things well ; he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
Page 117 - But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord : for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ...
Page 164 - For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Page 68 - And they prayed, and said. Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
Page 125 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 15 - And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town ; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw aught. 24 And he looked up, and said, I see men, as trees, walking.
Page 138 - For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive ? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Page clvi - Isaac, (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,) it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.